Pentagon correspondents push back on ‘unconstitutional’ press restrictions
by Jeremy Barr in Washington from on (#74F6K)
Spokesperson says New York Times will be going back to court' after defense department hastily announces new arrangement
Journalists who cover the Pentagon are pushing back against a new press access arrangement hastily announced by the Pentagon, calling it an end run" around a federal judge's ruling to restore their access.
Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesperson, announced Monday night that the department would permanently close a designated work space for journalists known as correspondents' corridor" and create a new and improved press workspace" in an annex facility outside the building.
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